Mrs. Martha J. Maupin, widow of the late J. A. Maupin,
died here at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eb Scott, last Wednesday night
at the age of eighty-eight years.

Deceased was a native of Tennessee, but a pioneer
of Kingston section in Hunt County.

She was married to J. A. Maupin in Tennessee in
1858 and following the Civil War, they came to Texas in 1866, traveling
in an ox wagon, and settled near Kingston where they reared a family and
spent more than half a century.
Her husband preceded her in death, but she is survived
by the following children: Bob Maupin of Dallas; Dr. W. A. Maupin
and Dr. J. H. Maupin of Rowell; and S. B. Maupin of Los Angeles, California;
Mrs. Ella Buchanan of Dallas; Mrs. W. Todd Largent of McKinney; Mrs. O.
L. Cardwell of Dallas; Mrs. E. H. Scott of Greenville; and Mrs. Mike Yates
of Waco. She is also survived by a number of grandchildren and numerous
other relatives.